Plain Stupid
"Watch XYZ live on Mid-cap radar, CNBC at 1.15 pm
today "
This is the content of a mail, which was sent to all the employees yesterday, by a top-shot of the corporate communications department of my company. Time 11.30 AM. I have deliberately held back the names for obvious reasons.
To complete the jigsaw, I must add that we do not have a TV set in the office. So you might have already seen the problem. There is no way we can watch this show, and this is not the first instance, we have seen such a mail. Three days back, it was "ABC live on NDTV, 7.15 PM" . Still we keep getting them.
Having enough of this, I exchanged a few mails with the lady concerned to impress upon her the basic contradiction. I realized later that, it's even more stupid of me to do that . Here are the excerpts of the mails which we exchanged.
Lady: "Watch XYZ live on Mid-cap radar, CNBC at 1.15 pm today "
Me : "But how? We don't have a TV in the office."
The lady got miffed.
Lady: "Sorry ...i can do nothing about that."
Me : "That I agree. But don't you think such mails don't make much sense. It might be a better idea to put a video of the event later on the intranet, and send us the link. This was used to be done before. Don't know why it has been discontinued."
By now, she lost her top.
Lady: "This has not been discontinued. It will be put up shortly .U just need to CHECK IT OUT".
Me : "Take it easy, because there is nothing to get enraged. Sending the link has been discontinued, not the video. Anyways, neither the videos are put on main page of intranet, nor there is any hint where the video could be. How do expect us to check it out? "
Full stop.
She couldn't comprehend the logic behind all this because she didn't want to. Actually, all such mails are sent to create a feel-good impression about our company heads, and that how they have reached places. This is silly publicity, a fit case of misplaced priorities.
The lady was angry because she exactly knew what I was suggesting, and that hurt her ego.
today "
This is the content of a mail, which was sent to all the employees yesterday, by a top-shot of the corporate communications department of my company. Time 11.30 AM. I have deliberately held back the names for obvious reasons.
To complete the jigsaw, I must add that we do not have a TV set in the office. So you might have already seen the problem. There is no way we can watch this show, and this is not the first instance, we have seen such a mail. Three days back, it was "ABC live on NDTV, 7.15 PM" . Still we keep getting them.
Having enough of this, I exchanged a few mails with the lady concerned to impress upon her the basic contradiction. I realized later that, it's even more stupid of me to do that . Here are the excerpts of the mails which we exchanged.
Lady: "Watch XYZ live on Mid-cap radar, CNBC at 1.15 pm today "
Me : "But how? We don't have a TV in the office."
The lady got miffed.
Lady: "Sorry ...i can do nothing about that."
Me : "That I agree. But don't you think such mails don't make much sense. It might be a better idea to put a video of the event later on the intranet, and send us the link. This was used to be done before. Don't know why it has been discontinued."
By now, she lost her top.
Lady: "This has not been discontinued. It will be put up shortly .U just need to CHECK IT OUT".
Me : "Take it easy, because there is nothing to get enraged. Sending the link has been discontinued, not the video. Anyways, neither the videos are put on main page of intranet, nor there is any hint where the video could be. How do expect us to check it out? "
Full stop.
She couldn't comprehend the logic behind all this because she didn't want to. Actually, all such mails are sent to create a feel-good impression about our company heads, and that how they have reached places. This is silly publicity, a fit case of misplaced priorities.
The lady was angry because she exactly knew what I was suggesting, and that hurt her ego.
posted by Unknown at 1:10 PM
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